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Refractive Errors

The cornea and lens of your eye helps you focus. Refractive errors are vision problems that happen when the shape of the eye keeps you from focusing well. The cause could be the length of the eyeball (longer or shorter), changes in the shape of the cornea, or aging of the lens.

Four common refractive errors are:

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  1. Refractive Errors (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... and lens of your eye helps you focus. Refractive errors are vision problems that happen when the shape ... cornea, or aging of the lens. Four common refractive errors are: Myopia, or nearsightedness - clear vision close up ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/refractiveerrors.html - Health Topics
  2. Refractive Errors From the National Institutes of Health (National Eye Institute)  
    Refractive Errors/Start Here ... Refractive Errors ... National Eye Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Refractive errors are a type of vision problem ...
    https://www.nei.nih.gov/.../refractive-errors - External Health Links
  3. Refractive Errors in Children (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)  
    Refractive Errors/Children ... Refractive Errors ... American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ... GLOSSARY, TERMS, ACRONYMS, PHRASES, DEFINITIONS, ...
    https://www.aapos.org/glossary/refractive-errors-in-children - External Health Links
  4. Nearsightedness 
    ... objects appear blurred. Nearsightedness is a type of refractive error of the eye. If you are nearsighted, you ... chap 660. Stevens DV, Young JA. Correction of refractive errors. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology . 6th ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001023.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Types of Refractive Errors From the National Institutes of Health (National Eye Institute)  
    Refractive Errors/Start Here ... Refractive Errors ... National Eye Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Refractive errors happen when the shape of your ...
    https://www.nei.nih.gov/.../types-refractive-errors - External Health Links
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Refractive Errors From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Refractive Errors/Clinical Trials ... Refractive Errors
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...tive+Errors"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  7. Nearsightedness 
    ... Tay WT, Zheng Y, Chew M; Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia; Burdon KP, Craig JE, Iyengar SK, ... genome-wide association studies, including shared loci with refractive error. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Aug 8;93( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/nearsightedness - Genetics
  8. Astigmatism (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Refractive Errors/Specifics ... Refractive Errors
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20353835?p=1 - External Health Links
  9. About Common Eye Disorders and Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Eye Diseases/Start Here ... Eye Diseases ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Learn about common eye disorders that could lead to vision loss.
    https://www.cdc.gov/vision-health/about-eye-disorders - External Health Links
  10. Amblyopia: What Is Lazy Eye? (American Academy of Ophthalmology)  
    Amblyopia/Start Here ... Amblyopia ... American Academy of Ophthalmology ... Amblyopia is when vision in one or both eyes does not develop properly during childhood. ...
    https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/amblyopia-lazy-eye - External Health Links
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